Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Building Black Medical Schools. By Denise Hawkins / Diverse Issues in Higher Education
J. Deotis Roberts, a pioneer of Black theology, dies at 95. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Catholic Order Struggles to Raise $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor. By Rachel L. Swan / NYT
Interfaith summit dreams of America as a potluck, not a battlefield. By Bob Smietana / RNS
The God I Know Is Not a Culture Warrior. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
American Democracy Was Never Designed to Be Democratic. By Louis Menand / The New Yorker
How Policing Black Women’s Bodies Built the Modern City. By Simon Balto / AAIHS
Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused an Oscar on Marlon Brando’s behalf. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations. By David Hajdu / The Nation
All comedy is Black: How Richard Pryor killed the white comedian. By Michael Harriot / The Grio
Solange Knowles becomes the first Black woman to compose music for NYC Ballet. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Snoop Dogg Launches ‘Snoop Loopz’ Breakfast Cereal. By Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost
NBA Won’t Host Election Day Games In Effort To Increase Voter Turnout. By Lydia O’Connor / HuffPost
In His Football Return, Deshaun Watson Tries a New Move — Contrition. By Jenny Vrentas / NYT
Learning and Healing in the Archive of Black Thought. By Edna Bonhomme / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Jan. 6 hearings are about race even if it’s not being talked about. Sandhya Dirks / NPR
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured I Taught My 4th Grade Class About White Privilege And Their Response Was Eye-Opening. By Justin Mazzola / HuffPost
Faced with a rise of extremism within its ranks, the US military has clamped down on racist speech, including retweets and likes. By Dwight Stirling / The Conversation
The Republican Plan To Devastate Public Education in America. By Brynn Tannehill / TNR
60% of Latino voters say U.S. is ‘on the wrong track’ but remain largely ignored by both parties. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Police shot Jayland Walker 41 times. His mother is fighting for his memory. By Praveena Somasundaram / Wash Post
Climate and Tax Bill to Rewrite Embattled Black Farmer Relief Program. By Alan Rappeport / NYT
Oprah donated $13 million to Morehouse College. Her endowment is now the largest in the school’s history. By Amir Vera / CNN
Republicans keep mostly mum on calls to make GOP ‘party of Christian nationalism.’ By Jack Jenkins / Religion News
The U.S. Needs a National Plan for Racial Justice. Ejim Dike / The Progressive
Lincoln’s midterms: The lessons of 1862, and how they may still apply. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
